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Ways to stay fit when traveling

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Ways to stay fit when traveling …or just lazy and don’t want to go to the gym.

Seriously folks. I am completely blown away at technology these days. I probably sound like a granny talking about when I was a child… but seriously. The things that companies come up with are just genius.

I noticed that Chatelaine has fitness app (for free!) that only takes 10 minutes. Everyone has time for 10 minutes. Don’t tell me you don’t because you’re just making excuses now.

Traveling? Bring your ipad. Set up the fitness app. Get goin’. You’re walked through a video of a woman explaining on how to do all the movements and takes you from basic, to advanced abilities.allstar-moves

Here I’m learning about the squat. Which I’m no stranger to thanks to CrossFit.Chatelaine-10-min-fitness-a

Then it gives you 2 minutes to do each workout you select. You got it!2mins

You won’t go to CrossFit and not do a squat. I feel like such a pro at them now, ha ha.squats
Perhaps you’re not traveling but just a little lazy and don’t want to go to the gym. Set it up in your living room and work out in your underwear if you have to. Or in my case, out on the balcony on a rainy summer’s evening!
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It was just launched in May and it’s already been downloaded 100,000 times.

HOLY. That’s a lot of people working up a sweat.standing-in-workout-gear

Basically it’s like having your own personal trainer on speed dial. On the days that I don’t want to go to CrossFit (because I seriously cannot handle 7 straight workouts in 7 days of it — c’mon… it’s kinda nuts) I do the Chatelaine 10 minute fitness app.

Following the videos!lunges

Here’s how it works…

The Chatelaine 10-Minute Fitness App includes:

  •     More than 100 expert-approved exercises
  •     Chatelaine’s all-star workout free
  •     Easy, healthy meal plans and recipes
  •     7-day detox diet and calorie-counting tool
  •     Use Apple TV and Airplay to workout on your TV
  •     Save your favourite moves
  •     Build your own personalized custom workouts
  •     Schedule your workouts and get reminders
  •     Share your progress with friends via Twitter or Facebook

Chatelaine 10-Minute Fitness app is now available in the iTunes store. Get it at itunes.apple.com/us/app/chatelaine-10-minute-fitness. Note that the first set of All-Star Moves (12 in total) are free, but if you move onto Flat Abs Fast, Cardio Blast or any of the other 14 chapters (as I’ll call them) are $1.99 each. Boo.dollarninetynine

But hey, it’s cheaper than a gym membership if you don’t own one, right?

*This is not a paid or sponsored post. Just sharing the love of the Chatelaine app!

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Beauty, Hair, Photos, Reviews

Should you buy the Tangle Teezer?

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The-Original-Tangle-TeezerI’ve invested four dollars of my money in a hair brush that looks horrible but has had great reviews. Meet, the Tangle Teezer. It’s a brush that claims to detangle your hair with little effort. Does it work? Should you buy it?

tangle-teezerI have fine hair, and if I step outside on a windy day, my hair will get knotted. For years I’ve been using this wide tooth comb and while it worked for the time being, I felt like my hair wasn’t growing past a certain length and my hair was breaking easily, no matter how careful I was with the comb. I wash my hair every second day but I’ve been using the Tangle Teezer brush everyday since I bought it.

Tangle-Teezer_All I can compare it to is brushing out your already brushed hair. That’s how easy it is to glide through my rats nest set of locks. With regards to hair shedding however, there’s not a significant change. My hair sheds just about the same as it used to. So that’s unfortunate.

When can you use the Tangle Teezer?

  • Use on wet or dry hair.
  • Use in the shower to distribute your conditioner.
  • Use it when you’ve stepped out of the shower to rid hair of knots and tangles.
  • Works after you’ve applied styling products to damp hair.

The shape of the brush is the only thing I have a small issue with. I don’t mind that it doesn’t have a handle but it doesn’t fit in my hands as nice. But those are minor details. Tangle-Teezer-in-hand

You can see from the photo that the plastic bristles are two length which are thin and flexible. Note the bristles are shorter so if you have an abundance of hair you may need to separate it into sections. tangle-teezer-bristles

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The Tangle Teezer is worth every penny… that is, if they made pennies anymore. You catch my drift, don’t you? I think I’m going to pick up a few more as presents before it goes back up in price.

Do you have tangly hair?

What kind of hair brush do you use?

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ncLA Sweet Revenge Summer Collection 2013

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sweet-revengeNCLA has introduced their new summer line of nail polishes, Sweet Revenge which is available online at Nail Polish Canada.

ncla-polishes-summer-2013Last summer I found really neat NCLA nail stickers on a blog, and I ordered them. I still haven’t used them because they’re too pretty. I hope they haven’t dried out.

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Mostly Sunny With A Chance Of Sprinkles and Not So Sweet.
Amount: 0.5oz / 15mL
Retail price: $16 CAD each
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The NCLA Summer Collection shades include:

  • Mostly Sunny With A Chance Of Sprinkles: Sunny skies with one ominous cloud, this light blue lacquer has a dark side: navy glitter.
  • Not So Sweet: Feeling not so sweet? Fool your frenemies when you wear this cotton candy pink shade.
  • Sugar Fix: Coming down from a sugar high never felt better! This light grey lacquer with fuchsia and electric blue glitter is sweet to the max.

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Mostly Sunny With A Chance Of Sprinkles is this creamy robin’s egg blue color which is completely opaque with one coat. Impressive.
ncLA-mostly-sunnyI applied two because there was a few small streaks. The small navy glitter gives it a fun little touch to the polish.

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Not So Sweet is a sweet shade of light pink that can be described as cotton candy. It’s hard for me to find a nice opaque pink that I will wear over and over. You can tell by the photo how smooth it looks on the nails.
ncla-pinkIt’s truly a perfect baby pink for my complexion.

This was my first experience with NCLA polishes, and I have to say it’s a nice polish, but I don’t know how often I’d go out and spend $16 on a bottle of nail polish. It’s a bit too rich for my blood, but I did like playing with the colors and will keep these in my collection as I hand picked them to review on my blog.

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NCLA Sweet Revenge in (L-R): Mostly Sunny With A Chance Of Sprinkles, Not So Sweet.

About NCLA: NCLA is a  luxury nail company based in Los Angeles. They have been featured in Vogue, Glamour, Elle, and In Style, and have found themselves a celebrity favourite worn by Beyonce, Kesha and Miley Cyrus.

Application Instructions: For best results first apply a base coat to clean, bare nails. Then apply 2-3 coats of colored polish (depending on its consistency and thickness). For long lasting wear finish with a top coat.

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